Consumer debt collections fell by a third between 2018 and 2022, a sign that Americans' household finances are getting stronger, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday.
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On February 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report entitled Market Snapshot: An Update on Third-Party Debt Collections Tradelines Reporting. The report sought to examine trends in the reporting of debt in collections from 2018 to 2022.
The FTC recently sent its annual letter to the CFPB reporting on the FTC’s activities related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B. The new letter reports on the FTC’s activities in 2022. The Bureau includes the FTC’s annual letter in its own annual report to Congress on the ECOA.
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